Sentences with phrase «in a tight game with»

According to Brendan Quinn, the Wolverines and Rockets played in a tight game with several standouts for UM (Wagner, Abdur Rahkman, Zavier Simpson, Eli Brooks, Isaiah Livers, Charles Matthews).

They have had a tremendous season thus far and they got caught in a tight Game with another very good Team, and just came up a bit short.

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Conversely, if the Hawks dropping their next two games, they'd hang tight to the bottom spot in the NBA, and with it a guarantee that they'd receive a top - four pick if they can finish the season there.

While the postponements are a necessity given the hand many teams have been dealt with bad weather, it will leave some teams in a tight spot when they are forced to make the games up later in the season.

Go to any number of Prius forums and you can see how, like any enthusiastic World of Warcraft gamer, Prius drivers are a tight - knit community, constantly sharing tips and tricks with each other in the hopes of getting to that next level — 70 miles per gallon or 700 miles on a single tank of gas.

Considering Arsenal's tight schedule, the duo are not going to play every game and with a few more performances like the one against Hull, Mohammed Elneny may well rise above the pecking order in central midfield before the start of next season.

However, our biggest issue seems to be the same old one we've had over the past years... Defending slender leads in tight games or winning with small margins when we are not at our best or when we need points the most!

He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian Cup final this season with his first touch.

Mustafi had a great game today and with Kos meant the centre of defence was tight and in shape, for once.

The Hammers have only lost once in their last 13 games and, in Dimitri Payet, they have a man capable of settling a tight contest with a moment of magic.

Loose balls seemed to always wind up with Team Bauer and in a tight game that can be all of the difference.

They hung tight with the 2x Defending Champs for much of Sunday's clash before giving way to Team Lalez in the Game's final 15 mins.

Tight end Greg Olsen snagged the game - winning touchdown pass with 32 seconds left in the game.

From what I have seen with Lacazette he is good in tight spaces, has a decent first touch and the passing / creative part of his game is not too bad so could be the ideal foil for someone like Auba.

For games and practices Taurasi's every hair is plastered back tight and held in a softball of a bun, locked into position with a quarter bottle of Rave.

The title race is tighter than a gnat's chuff and with Leicester City and Tottenham already above us, even though the spuds are only in second place due to their better goal difference, we really can not afford to give any ground in the next round of games.

Sporting Kansas City's Zusi, playing in the All - Star game in front of his own fans, came off early with complaints about a «tight quad».

Our chances have sure improved but with how tight the West is (plus teams with games in hand) we are hardly a lock for the playoffs.

His main job is to score in tight matches like this and crucial ones like against Spurs (and countless other games I have been subjected to watch in pure disgust for the past three seasons with him up there) to turn draws into wins.

Not coincidentally, Eifert had three key drops in last week's game and I'm guessing Dalton's line would've looked a lot better if the normally sure - handed tight end would've come down with those passes, and the Bengals might've even won (you never know how it changed things).

This is early in the game and the Rams line up with a tight end to the defense's left.

If you're scared to make such a pick, Villanova is still strong, with a savvy backcourt that's proven in tight games, and Duke is truly showing what their blue - chip lineup is capable of.

Personally, I would change our formation for this game, Maybe a 5 -4-1 to start with, keeping it very tight and deep at the back and then changing it to our more accustomed attacking formation late on in the second half.

Dear @Mesut O - healed, that game was tactically tight with little room for both teams to over commit in going forward.

With the German World Cup winning trio of Ozil, Podolski and Mertesacker still unavailable and with Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiWith the German World Cup winning trio of Ozil, Podolski and Mertesacker still unavailable and with Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiwith Gibbs and Sanogo staying in London because of injury problems, the boss has a depleted squad to work with, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tiwith, especially at the back, so I would not be surprised to see Wenger take the game to our Turkish opponents, rather than trying to keep it tight.

In the past (I'm talking back during Jose's first stint with Chelsea) there were a lot of controversial refereeing decisions, and even then the game's were very tight — back then we had quality youngsters in the form of Fabregas, and experienced leaders in the form of Thierry and still couldn't break them dowIn the past (I'm talking back during Jose's first stint with Chelsea) there were a lot of controversial refereeing decisions, and even then the game's were very tight — back then we had quality youngsters in the form of Fabregas, and experienced leaders in the form of Thierry and still couldn't break them dowin the form of Fabregas, and experienced leaders in the form of Thierry and still couldn't break them dowin the form of Thierry and still couldn't break them down.

In a tight game between USC and Stanford, the two teams traded go - ahead buckets with seconds remaining, the latter of which came on a half - court buzzer beater.

Same with the ST, many rightfully admire Giroud, but when we're in need of a bit of magic to nick a tight game does anyone genuinely sit there with a modicum of expectation that Giroud will produce a moment of gold to take three points?

I believe what makes cazorla the player he is, is the ball rarely gets lost at his feet, he can dribble in tight spaces or pass the ball for that clear cut chance, plays with his right or left, great at dead ball situation, accurate shooting, his tempo is amazing too he will slow it down or speed it up based on the circumstances, an intelligent player that can read the game a lack of pace but that means nothing when you are this talented!!

Senior tight end Alonzo Mayes, a preseason All - America, hauled in the game - winning 19 - yard touchdown pass with 1:56 left.

nobody in their right mind who has played this game thinks that was intentional on a tight game with a 2 - 2 count.

I paid attention at what elneny play he is very calm and his pass rate was successful mind you side ways but he lobed in few balls I think he was to scared to leave a gap well done for me cause we controlled the game nicely wellbeck did well too i thought if any one could score it would be him was a bit disappointed with Campbell he spieled a few pass but did well with the free kick Barcelona is different i do nt know how Mr wenger will approach it but we need a tight midfield to eliminate the three we need to score our chances looking forward for it

If he comes off the bench he will definitely bring with him added confidence for the team and will be against tired players so will have a guaranteed impact and in a tight game at home when we will more than likely be the ones searching for a goal later on that can make all the difference.

The scrap for the top four in English football has become ever tighter in recent weeks, and with just four games left for the Manchester side, there is a real fight for the 3rd and 4th spots between themselves, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal.

Schneiderlin + Cech + poacher up front = a ball - winning cultured passer of the ball; a league and Champions League winning goalkeeper with big game credentials and someone to grab a cheeky goal in tight spaces when we're struggling with all other methods of creativity.

The Indians lost against the Mariners but the Astros won so the race for best record in the American League remains tight, with Houston only 1.5 games back.

In tight games he has been known to hold pitching conferences with the woman upstairs.

Five of the eight divisions have a leader with a lead of at least three games, with the tight race between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North serving as the only other exception.

It's got so sad I'm thinking Jonny Evans be good signing because I'm thinking he's better than wat we have sad but true mustafi is a lerk one min good next min tackles fresh air, BFG is a wheelchair it's embarrassing kos is injury away from retirement oh but we have Monreal great player but not center back it's joke wenger loves football so that's why going forward we look good but defending not he's game bring back George graham just as defensive coach jez even Sam allardyce has Everton a lot tighter it's fact we can't defend for years I'm sick saying wenger is and will always be arsenal great always in my eyes but he has go for good of everyone we need young fresh manager and not someone mr wenger hand picks and he goes upstairs won't work can't work we need let new coaches do there job and let new manager do he's and please give him money spend and laugh if ye want but the man for new job has be allergi has be if can't get den Luis Enrique if not him get Henry with vieria wat a buzz it be with them 2 my point.

That's a lot of games combined with the regular season and international play (which many top players participate in), so you have to wonder if Pittsburgh will run out of gas at some point, especially given how it has walked the tight rope winning games despite losing the possession battle.

They conceded 42 goals in 38 Premier League games, significantly more than the top three which may have bridged the gap if they were tighter at the back while with the Champions League also in mind, they'll have to be better defensively.

The Thunder took control of a tight game early in the fourth quarter with a 14 - 4 run.

A tight - end trio accounted for 48 catches for 617 yards in 2014, with the group helping a ground game that averaged 155.2 yards per game and saw Thomas Rawls gain more than 1,100 rushing yards.

With time winding down in the second half, Eli Manning found tight end Brandon Myers in the end zone to tie the game at 14.

Monday, the Colts made a deal with former Detroit Lions big man Eric Ebron to join Pro Bowl tight end Jack Doyle in the Colts» passing game.

Honestly, in tight games against a stubborn defence, I used to wonder if Alexis would purposely hit the odd miss pass, to a defender that does not want that ball at his feet with players closing in.

This is a decent article, yet the negatives from fans are still there, I would love to see arsenal like I did at the end of the 90's and at the beggining of the 2nd millennium but it doesn't mean in order to do so I would buy all the best players in world, I would get a rich owner to put his filthy money in, change the manager every 2 years to do so, there's so much wrong in football nowadays that yes it's still a sport but there's more focus on the filthy amounts of money being spent on clubs and players that I think attracts more attention than the game itself, now that is wrong and it's very wrong, even our owner though not like the arabs or Russians, yet the yank is clueless about the tradition of our game, it's just sad, so the fact that Wenger has remained for this long through all these changes that have occurred whilst the money game has elvolved, it makes me happy that arsenal do not spend stupid amounts of money on players, we don't try and buy the league, hell we even tight with wages and transfer fees, I'm glad it's like that, though our season ticket is a rip off I still don't mind it because at least we are not like the other supreme teams, there's a bit of tradition left at our club, yet you go to man shitty or Chelski, there is no tradition, it's all about buying ur way all the way to the top, on the other hand spuds don't know what to make of them besides how the heck have they finished above us?

Holy Cross managed to match the streaking Bonnies in a 41 - 41 first half with a harassing 2 - 3 zone and the marksmanship of Jack (The Shot) Foley, who jumped and flipped in 36 points over the heads of his tight - guarding opponents during the game.

In games with tighter lines, there are two contrarian «favorites» who I like to win at home: Newcastle +120 vs. Watford, and Crystal Palace +105 vs. Stoke City.

The game shows that we lack someone with flair upfront to win game for us in tight situation.